Emotionally cheating can happen right under your nose, if you do no pay close attention to the partner's behavior and actions while in a relationship. Once you become suspicious, you should confront the situation head on. If there are sudden changes in behavior and work schedules, more social media activities than usual and if a partner is no longer interested in intimacy, these are some of the signs that will need action be taken. Read on for more details!

It is fairly easy to figure out a physical affair. However, it is a whole different ball game as it relates to emotional cheating. Why? Well, this can take place in various different forms such as texting late at night while you are asleep, private conversations that you know nothing about and overly sharing intimate details. Sometimes, this may seem like an innocent friendship when, in fact, it is more than you think because it is so subtly and secretly done. It can appear so innocent that you do not want to mention your misgivings for fear of being thought to be overly cautious and too suspicious. However, it is best to follow your instinct and your gut feeling about it. When there is third party involvement in any relationship, there is room for cheating, whether it is physical or emotional. Therefore, you have every reason to keep things in check.

While emotions are as important as the physical, many partners allow an emotional relationship between a partner and someone else to go on without thinking that anything is wrong. This is a mistake because a relationship works with both the emotions and physical playing a part in it. However, half the time, this will take place without the other partner knowing about it. Even though, your partner has not exchanged kissing, booked a motel room, or physically touched someone in an intimate way, you cannot just assume that it the relationship with another person is innocent. Things could get way out of hand and result in broken trust, hurt feelings and unmet expectations. In other words, before you partner realizes it, an emotional relationship can turn into one of cheating and eventually physical involvement.

If no physical contact is involved, the emotions become the weapon or method of choice in such relationships. It causes the two people to connect on an emotional level and it could be even be much more than the connection that you have with your partner. This is where the danger sets in. The other person will now be your partners confidante. In some cases, it begins because your partner may feel that you are not available or you do not understand. So, another person is sought out to fill that need and gap. This leaves you in dark. You will no longer know how your partner feels about specific situations that take place. More importantly, the other person has now become the 'go to' person when your partner wants to complain about you. Now, you are the 'bad person' and both are ganging up on you without your knowledge. This is not going to do any good to your existing relationship with your partner. In fact, it will only help to destroy your relationship and you will be caught unaware. Therefore, you have to look for those signs and sudden change in behavior.

The nature of an emotionally cheating affair is like being courted at the beginning of a relationship. So, you may find a lot of frequent communication and flirtatious attitude. The sudden change in behavior is pretty much the first sign that your partner is emotionally cheating on you. If you walk by your partner while on the phone and there is silence, you may have to assume that the silence means that you should not hear the conversation. Do not be fooled. If you have to be in another room while listening to your partner's phone conversation, then by all means do so. It is not that you are paranoid, but you don't want to be blindsided by an emotional affair. A partner that suddenly wants privacy is someone that may be hiding something from you. Even turning down the volume of the phone is enough to be suspicious because your partner may be doing this so you won't hear the sound of the phone when five test messages come through in succession.

There are signs that you should notice when your partner is emotionally cheating on you. These signs may be subtly, but if you know your partner well enough, you should be able to notice them. For example, if you partner is doing a lot of texting lately and was never so interested in phone technology before, then this should give you pause. The same is true if your partner is suddenly spending a lot of time on the Internet or talking on the phone, but not before exiting the room that you happen to be in. Your partner may also put a password lock on the phone so you cannot check any personal messages, if you are inclined to do so out of suspicion. Your partner may take the phone everywhere around the house and had never done that before. This may be the main device that connects that other person with your partner and so your partner will do everything to protect it from you. If your partner has never called and inform you of working late or going to Happy Hour after work, this is cause for concern, especially if this is the new ongoing excuse. Many people will resort to making up all kinds of excuses to throw their partners off track. If you catch your partner in different lies, then you may have to dig deeper.

In the grand scheme of things, emotional cheating is worse than the actual physical infidelity. Emotional connection is important to any relationship and if you have lost that to another person, you have lost big time. That means the other person has crossed a line that should be off limits and is now in the space that you once held and thought that was a safe sanctuary for only you and your partner. Now, your partner is sharing things with another person and possibly doing so in a negative way. This is even possible when your relationship is thought to be stable. Remember, it is not only that you may be losing your partner, but your character is also at stake without your knowledge. If your partner is having too many thoughts about "That Person," then you may notice certain changes, which you should take seriously.

When another person is secretly involved in your relationship, then your union will suffer. Your partner will not be the same. However, you have to be alert to notice when there are changes taking place under your very nose. That person does not know too much about your relationship unless your partner shares those details. That person feels empowered in the fact that your partner is sharing the juicy details of your relationship and allowing them to make the emotional connection. In most cases, your partner may or may not talk about you per se. It depends on the stability of your relationship and what is going on at the time. It is possible that the existing situation may have prompted your partner to seek outside emotional help to deal with it. That Person is often a coworker, friend, newly-met individual or even an ex-partner.

If your partner has a new coworker that has become the high topic of discussion in your home every day, you have to find out more about this person. This is especially true when the other person is of the opposite sex. Now, it becomes even more obvious, if your partner is receiving phones calls from this same person at home and those phone calls are not work related. If you allow this to go on for too long, you are enabling them into emotionally connecting. You need to nip it in the bud right away.

A partner can cheat emotionally with a long-time friend since there is already a connection. This is the easiest person to cheat with. It is going to be difficult to detect cheating with a friend because the person is already close to your partner. It is even more difficult, if you know and trust that friend. When the friend is part of the family structure, it is easier to pull off the emotionally cheating. You could be inside the home when the friend visits and be fooled that it is an innocent visit. Do not put your trust fully in anyone. Keep your eyes and ears open for signs.

As a partner in a relationship the ex-boyfriend or ex-husband is always the "X" factor. A partner is already connected to this person, especially if it was a long term relationship and kids involved. When kids are involved, then the communication will still continue. This leaves the door open for emotional cheating. If your partner continues to compare you openly with the ex-boyfriend or ex-husband, you should take note of this and watch for signs of emotional cheating. Of course, the ex may have to speak with your partner over the phone about the kids, but if no kids are involved, it would be suspicious to have an ex calling often to speak with your partner. Some partners will remain friends with an ex, but if it is too close of a friendship, then it is time for you to step in and find out what is going on.

When someone is cheating emotionally, it is possible that they no longer want to have physical contact. If you find that your sex life is off and your partner is no longer interested in being intimate with you, there may be issues that you want to get to the bottom of. Their desires are more emotional than physical. The person that is having the emotional affair is getting all their needs met by the other person and so intimacy is the last thing on their mind. If you notice that your partner is brushing you off when you ask for more intimacy, it is cause for alarm, especially if you notice that your partner is spending a lot of time on the phone or Internet or away from home.

Social media has become popular in many relationships and has even been the cause of many breakups. It has been the primary method of communicating because it is so easy to hide an emotional affair. Partners will even cheat emotionally with someone that they do not physically know, but who are part of their friend's list on their social media page. This may be the intrigue of talking to someone new and getting to know the person by connecting emotionally with the use of technology. That means, it may not involve a phone call, but more so private messages that only both participants know about. The idea of keeping the secret will produce a lot of adrenaline , mystery and anticipation. This may be the thing that makes it so interesting. Social media makes it easier for your partner to hide the relationship. If you find that your partner is spending a lot of time on Facebook, for example, you should start asking questions and even sign up as a phantom friend on your partner's social media page. Send a message to your partner's inbox using your phantom page. The response could be the key to finding out whether your partner is cheating emotionally or not.

Another sign of emotional cheating is being defensive. Feeling the need to always argue a point or defend an argument is enough to be concerned. If your partner is always trying to cover up his or her tracks or trying to defend their actions, it is time to look into this. While your partner may want to have privacy, it is another thing if it is demanded. Let's say you ask in a casual way about where your partner may be going or who your partner may be speaking to and you get an aggressive or defensive response, it may just be the sign you need to dig further.

Other things to look out for is a change in work schedule, your partner seeming detached or distant, a change in attitude and if you begin to feel that you are the third person in the relationship. This may be time to reassess your relationship and have a sit down with your partner to find out exactly what is going on. It is best to nip it in the bud earlier rather than wait until it gets more difficult to do. Discovery of emotional cheating requires vigilance on your part. never be caught off guard.

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